KAS and NWU Conference

Programme: The role of Municipal Bylaws in Good Local Governance in South Africa - 4 June 2015

• Welcome note

  Ms Marlize van den Berg

  (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung)

• The power of municipal bylaws to effect constructive change in South Africa

  Ms Susan Mosdell

  (City of Cape Town)
• The improvement of South Africa’s localities by means of the legislative measures of local government

  Ms Lorette Tredoux

  (SALGA)
• Municipal bylaws as an instrument towards sustainable cities in South Africa – some perspectives from the City of Johannesburg

  Mr Mbulelo Ruda

  (City of Johannesburg)
• The potential and sources of municipal bylaw-making power in South Africa 

  Prof Anél du Plessis

  (North-West University)
• The functional relationship between municipal bylaws, programmes, policies and plans for improved local governance 

  Dr Oliver Fuo

  (University of the Free State)

• The role of provincial authorities in strengthening municipal bylaw-making capacity: a cooperative government perspective
  Western Cape - Mr Koos Celliers

  (Office of the Premier, Western Cape)
  Kwazulu-Natal - Mr Heinz Kuhn

  (Senior Manager: Legal Services, Department of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs, KZN)

• A local government perspective on the municipal bylaw-making reality of 2015:

  Ekhureleni Metropolitan Municipality

  Mr Stewart Green

  Tlokwe Local Municipality
  Mr Hendriko Veldman

• Workshop: Where does the need lie?  What must happen, when and how in terms of local government’s bylaw-making capacity and enforcement capabilities?
  Workshop facilitators:  Prof Anél du Plessis, Dr Geci Karuru-Sebina and Ms Angela van der Berg